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Lance Allen

Richard Hunsaker Invitational at McKendree

THE UNITED STATES FEDERAL GOVERNMENT SHOULD WITHDRAW ITS REQUEST FOR A WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION DISPUTE RESOLUTION PANEL TO DETERMINE THE VALIDITY OF CHINESE TARIFFS ON UNITED STATES POULTRY PRODUCTS.

Sarah Brown

Richard Hunsaker Invitational at McKendree

THE UNITED STATES FEDERAL GOVERNMENT SHOULD WITHDRAW ITS REQUEST FOR A WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION DISPUTE RESOLUTION PANEL TO DETERMINE THE VALIDITY OF CHINESE TARIFFS ON UNITED STATES POULTRY PRODUCTS.

Eddie Cox

Richard Hunsaker Invitational at McKendree

THE UNITED STATES FEDERAL GOVERNMENT SHOULD WITHDRAW ITS REQUEST FOR A WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION DISPUTE RESOLUTION PANEL TO DETERMINE THE VALIDITY OF CHINESE TARIFFS ON UNITED STATES POULTRY PRODUCTS.

Lindsay Hansard

Richard Hunsaker Invitational at McKendree

THE UNITED STATES FEDERAL GOVERNMENT SHOULD WITHDRAW ITS REQUEST FOR A WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION DISPUTE RESOLUTION PANEL TO DETERMINE THE VALIDITY OF CHINESE TARIFFS ON UNITED STATES POULTRY PRODUCTS.

Chris Polanc

Richard Hunsaker Invitational at McKendree

THE UNITED STATES FEDERAL GOVERNMENT SHOULD WITHDRAW ITS REQUEST FOR A WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION DISPUTE RESOLUTION PANEL TO DETERMINE THE VALIDITY OF CHINESE TARIFFS ON UNITED STATES POULTRY PRODUCTS.

Ben Reid

Central States Swing at Longview

THE US IS SEEKING WTO ASSISTANCE WITH A DISPUTE OVER CHINESE TARIFFS ON US POULTRY PRODUCTS. THE DISPUTE IS DESTINED TO BE SETTLED BY THE WTO.
David Pierson (Staff Writer) "China Rejects U.S. Complaint Against Chicken Tariffs" LA Times. 9.21.11. Accessed 10.13.11
<http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/money_co/2011/09/china-rejects-us-complaint-against-chicken-tariffs.html> JMJ

With that in mind...WTO can launch proceedings.
THE UNITED STATES FEDERAL GOVERNMENT SHOULD WITHDRAW ITS REQUEST FOR A WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION DISPUTE RESOLUTION PANEL TO DETERMINE THE VALIDITY OF CHINESE TARIFFS ON UNITED STATES POULTRY PRODUCTS.

ADVANTAGE ONE IS ANIMAL RIGHTS
CHINESE TARIFFS ON US POULTRY ARE DAMAGING THE LONG TERM VIABILITY OF THE PRODUCTION OF POULTRY IN THE UNITED STATES.
Ross Korves (Economic & Trade Policy Analyst) "Chinese Tariffs on U.S. Chicken Feet and Meat" Truth About Trade & Technology. 9.30.10. Accessed 10.3.11 <http://www.truthabouttrade.org/news/editorials/trade-policy-analysis/16694-chinese-tariffs-on-us-chicken-meat-and-feet> JMJ

The chicken issue...lost Russian sales.


TARIFFS WILL DEVASTATE LARGE FACTORY FARMS IN THE UNITED STATES, GUARANTEEING COLLAPSE OF THE AMERICAN POULTRY INDUSTRY.

"China duties to hit US Chicken Exports" BBC. 9.26.10. Accessed 10.12.11 <http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-11415036> JMJ


The tariffs are...government in February.


PRACTICES OF THE POULTRY INDUSTRY CONSTITUTE AN ONGOING ACT OF GENOCIDAL VIOLENCE.

Karen Davis (PhD. founder of United Poultry Concerns) "Minding the Animal Psyche" Spring, a Journal of Archetype and Culture. vol 83. Spring 2010. Accessed 10.12.11. <https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&q=cache:5ZTfvJJXL_cJ:www.upc-online.org/thinking/chicken_human_relationships.pdf+large+poultry+farms+are+genocide&hl=en&gl=us&pid=bl&srcid=ADGEESgtBSejVOYfK8s29hTFrjv9AmaKTgQSspRmuTE97KQoYVXSdPVFARulS0wNerdv_gUi3VUTLg4Rj45hzS6dnX2PwSRzmFG8vBc-euaRy7mcgtVw1O388Lg4jiGo4mwlOkBr_Pqx&sig=AHIEtbTc8yMEPGQolEP1sIJy-EksQdMxoA&pli=1> JMJ


Factory-farmed chickens...were mutually reinforcing.


THE ETHIC OF VIOLENCE INHERENT IN ALL FACTORY FARMS IS THE ETHIC THAT MAKES VIOLENCE INEVITABLE. MOST IMPORTANT IMPACT IN THE DEBATE.

Karen Davis, cited previously.


The concept of genocide...chicken is one example.
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THE UNITED STATES IS FAILING DISMALLY IN ITS ATTEMPTS TO PREVENT THE DUMPING OF CHINESE GOODS IN US MARKETS
Charles Pope '11 "Ron Wyden demands better enforcement of US trade laws" The Oregonian. May 5, 2011. <http://oregonlive.com/politics/index.ssf/2011/05/post_26.html>

A Senate subcommittee...violating U.S. trade law.

THE UNITED STATES FEDERAL GOVERNMENT SHOULD SUBSTANTIALLY CHANGE ITS TRADE POLICY AND/OR PRACTICES WITH THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA BY PASSING THE ENFORCING ORDERS AND REDUCING CIRCUMVENTION EVASION ACT IN THE CONTEXT OF ITS TRADE RELATIONSHIP WITH THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA.

ADVANTAGE ONE IS COMPETITIVENESS
THE U.S. IS FALLING BEHIND IN THE GLOBAL COMPETITIVENESS RACE--PEER COMPETITORS ARE MAKING MASSIVE GAINS WHILE THE U.S. SUFFERS CRITICAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY HUMAN CAPITAL SHORTAGES
Townsend, Kerrick, and Turpen '09 "Leveraging Science for Security: A Strategy for the Nuclear Weapons Laboratories of the 21st Century" The Henry L. Stimson Center and Task Force. March 2009. <http://www.stimson.org/images/uploads/research-pdfs/Leveraging_Science_for_Security_FINAL.pdf>

Among the dominant challenges...the developing world.

COMPETITIVENESS IS THE KEY INTERNAL LINK TO U.S. PRIMACDY--GAINS IN S&T LEADERSHIP ARE NECESSARY TO STAVE OFF RISING HEGEMONIC CHALLENGES
Adam Segal '04 "Is America losing its edge?" Foreign Affairs. December 2004. <http://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/60260/adam-segal/is-america-losing-its-edge>

The United States' global primacy depends...technological entrepreneurship at home.

THE INTERNATIONAL BALANCE OF POWER IS ON THE BRINK OF TRANSITION--NOW IS A KEY TIME TO SECURE US DOMINANCE
Rebecca Grant '09 "Russia, China preparing new challenges to the United States" UPI News Service. March 18, 2009. <http://www.upi.com/Business_News/Security-Industry/2009/03/18/Russia-China-preparing-new-challenges-to-the-United-states/UPI-65681237385842/>

The balance in international...shaping those collisions.

THE IMPACT IS A GLOBAL POWER VACUUM THAT CAUSES GREAT POWER WARS
Robert Knowles '09 "American Hegemony and the Foreign Affairs Constitution" Arizona State Law Journal, Vol. 41. 2009. Lexis.

First, the "hybrid"...would suffer the most.

THESE WARS GO NUCLEAR
Robert Kagan '07 "End of Dreams, Return of History" Policy Review. 2007. <http://www.hoover.org/publications/policyreview/8552512.htm>

This is a good thing...fill the vacuum.

THE ENFORCE ACT WILL SUCCESSFULLY STOP FIRMS FROM EVADING ANTIDUMPING RULES AND COUNTERVAILING DUTIES WHICH ARE NECESSARY TO PROTECT US FIRMS FROM ILLEGAL FOREIGN COMPETITION
Rob Wyden '11 "ENFORCE Act" Ron Wyden Senate Website. October 29, 2011. <http://wyden.senate.gov/issues/issue/?id=8adb7854-31d7-4d01-a32a-72b09c3ac7ee>

The ENFORCE Act...unfairly traded imports.

THE SUCCESSFUL APPLICATION OF ANTIDUMPING RULES AND COUNTERVAILING DUTIES IS ABSOLUTELY CRITICAL TO THE COMPETITIVENESS OF THE US ECONOMY
Steve James '09 "Dumping, Climate law hurts industry: US steelmakers." Reuters. May 2009. <http://www.reuters.com/article/2009/05/04/us-steel-idUSTRE54363720090504>

The U.S. Steel Industry...monitored in New York.

TARGETING THE ENFORCE ACT SPECIFICALLY AT CHINA WILL SOLVE SINCE THE CHINESE ARE MOST HEAVILY INVOLVED IN DUTY EVASION
David Butcher '10. "Manufacturers claim China dodges anti-dumping duties." ThomasNet. March 2010. <http://news.thomasnet.com/IMT/archinves/2010/03/new-coalition-of-manufacturers-claim-compelling-evidence-of-antidumping-steel-duties-evasion.html>

A new coalition...provides its steelmakers.